- 年幼的子女理應由媽媽提供照顧是比較適當。
- 一名年紀細小的子女,在其他條件相約下,他在感情及身體的照顧上,媽媽理應是一個比較合適的選擇。
- 張澤祐上訴法庭法官在一個案例WSM and FSY (CACV 352 / 2004 判案書日期:2005年7月27日) 第8頁第19段中所提及的原則 :
「 19. The second son is now about eight years old, reaching nine in about four months’ time. Human wisdom tells us that at this age the mother plays a more prominent role in his upbringing both in terms of his emotional and physical needs. There certainly is no other evidence to suggest that this would not be the case here. Had the father been able to provide the same attention as the mother, a different consideration may well arise. But in this case the father is required, because of his job, to leave the task of looking after the second son to the grandparents. No doubt out of a sense of responsibility and also no doubt as members of a typical Chinese family, the grandparents are prepared to assume such a role, but in our view such a task should fall on the natural parents and from what we can see, the mother is eminently suitable to look after the two sons on her own.」 即係話: 在年幼子女的感情及身體需要上,一名媽媽的角色是至為重要。